Job Log Sequence Extraction for Operation Simplification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional information processing apparatuses, such as MFPs, are complex to operate due to increased functionality and require users to repeatedly specify sequences of operations and settings, leading to inconvenience despite technologies that customize panel displays based on job history.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and program product that record and analyze user job logs to extract and present frequently performed sequences, allowing users to easily access and register frequently used operation and setting sequences, simplifying the operation process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If information processing apparatuses increase functionality and setting options, then the device can perform more tasks, but the operational complexity increases and users have to repeat sequences of operations and settings
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of job logs to identify and store frequent operation sequences in advance. When a user initiates a job, the system proactively presents pre-analyzed operation sequences based on historical data, allowing users to select and execute frequent sequences with minimal input rather than manually specifying each operation step.
2Ease of operation
If conventional devices customize panel display order based on job history, then the interface can be adapted to user preferences, but the sequence of operations and settings still has to be specified each time
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates copies of frequent operation sequences from historical job logs and stores them as reusable templates. When a user needs to perform a task, the system presents these copied sequences for selection, allowing users to execute complex operation sequences by simply selecting a pre-copied template rather than re-specifying each step, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining interface adaptability.
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AI summary
In an information processing apparatus, a job log recording unit generates a job log that is a history of operations and settings based on user's operation. An operation/setting sequence extraction unit extracts a sequence by extracting job logs constituting a series of operations and/or settings. Of extracted sequences, a sequence for which an operation/setting sequence frequency/resemblance detection unit detects that the sequence has a predetermined frequency or a predetermined degree of resemblance, namely a sequence of operation repeatedly performed, is presented to the user by an operation/setting sequence presentation/registration unit for registration of the sequence by user's operation. Subsequently, in the information processing apparatus, a registered sequence is selected for automatically performing a series of operations and/or settings.